Watch Dogs vs GTA V Who Will Take The Crown For The Best 2013 Open World Game?

Despite the freezing weather, the world of gaming is about to hot up as two of the most highly anticipated titles in recent times go head to head in the battle for open world supremacy. Both Grand Theft Auto V and Watch Dogs are set to be launched next year, but which will come out on top?

people are overlooking the fact that watch dogs is being made by reflections studio. in my opion they havent made a good game since driver 2 on the playstation. the last driver wasnt that bad but it wasn´t great either. so im still skeptical about watch dogs the demo looked good but it looked very scripted.

gta on the other hand is made by rockstar who have a great track record and have my faith in creating a great title. we have seen some more off V and to me it looks very promising.

i dont know why u would put these 2 head to head at this moment (because how little we know of watch dogs) they look very different games only both open world but completely different gameplay wise i think.

after some research i found out that you are right. after last e3 i remember reading a article who said it was only reflections so i´ve always believed that and made me skeptical. the demo of the e3 definitely sparked my interest. now that i know its a co development with another studio (ubisoft montreal like u say who have some great some not so great titles). i hope they can bring the best of each other studios together. i also hope they both be great but at the moment im only really stoked for gtaV. because of my history with the series and knowing what kind of game to expect. it´s just to soon for a head to head article for a game with a good history and a brand new ip with only one short demo showed. but u are right thank you for bringing it to my attention my hopes just rised a bit:)

GTA V is doing something, the series needs and that is dynamic action within the open world setting. It's not just yellow circles and cutscenes, but they are putting some Uncharted or inFAMOUS 2 in the open world with the cutscenes and the way they are bring a really cinematic experience to such a genre. This game is going to flow better than any GTA before and it will be something insane. Also pretty curious to see how the 3 characters work and can't wait to get back in the cockpit of a big ass plane.

I don't THINK Ground Zeroes will be open world, in the same sense as a GTA game or Saints Row. I believe what they meant in the demo from August by "open", was that the levels will be massive, and you can choose how to approach each missions, and from where etc.. Like Peace Walker for instance, how it was broken down to mission numbers and you could choose each individually. I think Ground Zeroes will be like that, only much more massive and grand. I could be wrong however, and man I would love a complete sandbox game, but what leads me to believe it will be more like Peace Walkers mission layout is that you can call in that helicopter to return to your base. To me, that hinted at a similar style.

I don't think MGS:GZ will come out in 2013. MGS4 was announced in 2005 and didn't end up being released until 2008. What makes anyone assume he'd release MGS:GZ the following year, after announcing it?

MGS4 is a PS3 exclusive that used up tons of space and a lot more work was put into it. MGS:GZ isn't going to take a long time to make. MGS4 had a better engine and now they're using a downgraded "fox engine" to push out games faster.

Yes he was obviously talking about open world games, those few games your talking about re better than all Ubisoft games. R* release quality games that make an impact their like blizzard in a sense that they release a few games but they are highly successful. R* would lose their bizaze if they started dishing out a lot of games that's why people get excited when they work on anew game and that's why their so successful.

Don't get me wrong whatch dogs looks great but gta will always be top dog... ;)

Haven't seen enough of Watch Dogs to really judge. It's a new ip too so I have no idea how it will play whereas GTA V looks impressive and bringing many elements from previous GTA games making it quite possibly may make it the best GTA game. Either way, I'll look forward to picking both up, I love open-world games!

I think the GTA games are great but i have grown a bit weary of the franchise after playing every entry from GTA 3 to GTA 4. I dont like to rejudge but GTA5 seemed like more of the same from passed GTA games but with a few more improvements here and there. Dont get me wrong the game looks great but with a few new additions to the game its not quite enough for me to part ways with my money.

However Watch dogs really caught my eye at E3 not only for graphics but how it played, it seemed quite different as it seems to offer new gameplay features on top of your typical gunplay. I hoped for a change in GTA 5 to freshen things up, possibly with a near futuristic setting around the year 2025 but was bitterly disappointed.

I know its too early to decide on who will be better or if ones better then the other but ill likely get Watch dogs instead.

Watch_Dogs was revealed for the first time at E3 this past summer. I highly doubt it's coming out in 2013. Last of Us - Revealed at the end of 2011. (coming out in 2013) GTAV - Revealed at the end of 2011. (coming out in 2013)